Combined end-gate and scoop-board.



A. M. ALLEMANG. COMBINED END GATE AND SCOOP BOARD. APPLICATION FILED DEO.18, 1912.

1,0?5,804. Patented 0011.14, 1913.

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Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

ANTONY M. ALLEMANG, OF GRAFTON, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED END GATE AND SCOOP-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Application filed December 18, 1912. Serial No. 737,510.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTONY M. Amus- MANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grafton, in the county of Jersey and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined End- Gates and Scoop-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to wagons, and more particularly to end gates and scoopboards for the same, and hasfor its primary object to provide a scoop-board hinged to a resilient tread plate having its ends secured between the battens on the sides of the wagon body, the scoop-board being also adapted to serve as an end gate.

Another object is to provide novel hinge members carrying stop lugs or latch lugs upon their outer ends, and also to provide improved and novel supporting means for the scoop-board, and means for adjusting the supporting means.

A further object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character and increase the efficiency and durability thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of the parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and particularly pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the rear portion of a wagon body of conventional form with my improved end gate and scoopboard in position to serve as an end gate. Fig. 2- is a side elevation of my invention employed as a scoop-board. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, the gate being used as a scoop-board. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the tread plate removed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation with the scoop-board depending, and Fig. 6 is an end view thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout, 1 indicates the rear portion of a wagon body of conventional form, and 2 my improved end gate and scoop-board secured in position by my specially designed mechanism, which will now be fully described.

The hinge members 3 are secured to the rear face of the scoop-board near the opposite ends of the latter and have their inner ends formed into hooks 4:, the purpose of which will presently appear, while the stop lugs or latch lugs 5 are formed upon the outer ends of the members 3. The hooks at of the members 3 are removably engaged in the openings 6 formed along the rear edge of the resilient tread plate 7 and adjacent the opposite ends of the latter. The tread plate 7 is in turn provided with upwardly directed lugs 8 at its opposite ends for engagement between the battens 9 upon the inner faces of the sides of the wagon body 1 to retain the tread plate in position. The tread plate, as well as serving to hold the combined end gate and scoop-board also serves to fill the space between the end of thewagon bed and the scoop-board 2 and overlap said end of the wagon bed, when the member 2 is in position for use as a scoop-board, thus preventing the shovel or other implement used in loading and unloading the wagon from striking the rear end of the wagon bed. When inserting the tread plate, one end is placed against the battens on one side of the wagon body and the lug formed on this end forced between the battens. The tread plate is then sprung or bent to force the central portion thereof upwardly and thus bring the ends of the tread plate closer together, after which the second lug 8 may be placed between the second set of battens. The tread plate will then spring into its proper position and be held upon the rear end of the wagon bed, as will be clearly apparent.

The combined end gate and scoop 2 is provided with the usual side wings 10 and upon the outer faces of these wings are secured the angle irons 11 which extend vertically when the gate is closed, as shown in Fig. 1. The free angle of each iron 11 is provided with an elongated slot 12 through which the suspending and clamping rods 13 are adapted to be engaged to retain the member 2 in position, either as a scoopboard or end gate.

The free ends of the clamping rods 13 are bent to form hooks 14 which engage the edges of the slots 12 in the angle irons 11 when it is desired to suspend the member 2 for use as a scoop-board, as shown in Fig. 2. The opposite ends of the rods 13 have chain sections 15 secured thereto and adapted for engagement over the hooked extremities 16 of the plates 17. The plates 17 straddle the sides of the wagon body adjacent the rear ends thereof, and have legs 18 which engage against the inner faces of the sides, one leg 18 of each member 17 being engaged between the battens 9, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. It will be until said rods are in vertical position, after which they are engaged in front of the stop s lugs or latch lugs 5 of the members 3, thus binding the rods against the angle irons 11 and locking the gate in closed position against the ends of the wagon body. It will be evident that when it is desired to disengage the scoop-board 2 or allow the same to swing freely beneath the rear end of the wagon body, the rods 13 are disengaged from the angle irons 11, as will be clearly seen by referring to Fig. 5.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to this specific construction, as many modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed is The combination with a wagon body having battens adjacent its rear ends, of bracket members having portions engaged in the upper ends of said battens, a resilient tread plate having its opposite ends turned upwardly and adapted for engagement in the lower ends of the battens, said tread plate being adapted to be sprung into position, a scoop-board removably connected with the outer edge of the tread plate,

and means carried by the bracket members for suspendmg the end gate for use as a scoopboard.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 7 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANTONY M. ALLEMANG. Witnesses: V

EDWIN P. EDSALL, GEORGE N. SLA'rnN.

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